96: Strangled

"I hope you feel proud of yourself for your careless actions." I could not make out why Alex was here in the woods but more than ever, I was certain that this was just like the dreams I used to have back then but I couldn't tell if I was actually just dreaming of if this was happening and he had managed to seep himself into my dreams again.

I opened my mouth to tell him how none of this was intentional but I ended up coming awake instead. Ryan was still sleeping beside me, his arm still wrapped around my waist and I heaved a sigh.

It was still really dark outside but I could tell that morning time had come. I knew I should be excited to start my day but I really wasn't. There were so many things that could go wrong.

I hurried into the bathroom and went to get myself cleaned up, thinking of how this could have been avoided. If I'd seen the flyers we would have gone to see the family on our own. It was sad how people changed so quickly because I would have vouched on my life that Stacey